internship.Extramural/International Reach of the CurriculumThe curriculum that has been developed was designed to incorporate the necessary aspects ofmany fields and provide a comprehensive education for future tissue engineers. We believe thatthis new and innovative program in Tissue Engineering research may become a national modelfor interdisciplinary teaching in the field. Many of the co-authors of the curriculum serve asadvisors to NSF sponsored centers for engineering research and education and/or departmentalvisiting committee members at schools with significant NSF funding. Through formal andinformal presentations, the curriculum will be described and discussed. We believe the impact ofour proposed program will be high and far reaching.The incorporation
hundred ninety eight faculty members responded, across 119institutions, for an institutional response rate of 43%. All major engineering disciplines wererepresented.Findings from this study provide empirical evidence for the concern many engineering educationfaculty members have about how best to respond to evaluation expectations and opportunities.Although the McKenzie et al. study focuses on a specific component of engineering education,the capstone design course, it is reasonable to assume that faculty would respond similarly ifasked the same questions about other aspects of engineering education programs.The National Science Foundation (NSF) has provided powerful stimulus for renewal efforts inengineering education through competitive funding
to increase renewable energy use in the Island. A contribution towards addressing part of the challenges facing PV energy is to reduce the time and costs related to administrative processes, interconnection, as well as addressing planning and zoning issues. As a follow-up to the ARET study Dr. O’Neill and Dr. Irizarry led a rooftop solar challenge project under DOE’s SunShot Initiative. Three graduate students and six undergraduate students participated in this project. The team identified, analyzed, and provided best practices that could overcome processing and planning obstacles that impede a faster growth of rooftop PV systems. All the recommendations presented in the final report would have a great impact on Puerto Rico’s PV market; for
size from 500 to small threshold(s) that actually reflect current demographics of small companies to include 5, 10-25 and 50 Maintain funding level for NSF-ATE programs and target additional funding for innovative Regional and National Centers in advanced manufacturing, to include significant funding for advanced manufacturing equipment and faculty training Sponsor a joint research project on the state of manufacturing education in coordination with the National Governors Association Adopt the metric systemState and Local Levels Encourage a deeper understanding of the role and economic impact of advanced manufacturing programs in K-12 education, especially with guidance counselors and
Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology department at RIT. She serves as the Faculty Associate to the Provost for Women Faculty and is co-PI for RIT’s NSF ADVANCE project. Her research interests include: characterization of biodegradable plastics and environmental consideration in materials selection for production design, the impact of technology paired with active learning pedagogies on student learning, and effective strategies for increasing gender diversity in STEM disciplines.Prof. Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Maureen Valentine, P.E., has been a faculty member at RIT for more than 23 years. She held the position of Department Chair for the Department of Civil Engineering
from Dickinson College.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah E. Zappe is Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State University. In her current position, Dr. Zappe is re- sponsible for supporting curricular assessment and developing instructional support programs for faculty in the College of Engineering. In her research role, Dr. Zappe is interested in the integration of creativity into the engineering curriculum, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Zappe holds a doctorate in edu- cational psychology specializing in applied testing and measurement. Her measurement interests include the
of a Communication Lab (Comm Lab), a co-curricularintervention designed to provide peer-to-peer writing and communication support to engineeringand science students. At its core, the Comm Lab is a STEM-specific writing center wherestudents can meet face-to-face with a peer knowledgeable in their discipline to get feedback onSTEM writing and communication genres. On the organizational level, however, the Comm Labis distinguished by its emphasis on adaptation of structure and services to the desired institutionalcontext. Thus, our research asks which features of the Comm Lab can or should be adapted innew institutional contexts and which features must be retained across contexts to make iteffective. By answering this question for our specific
currentoccupation. A survey of science and engineering graduates found that only about 40 percent ofbachelor's degree holders felt that their job required skills that were "closely related" to their Page 25.468.2college major [6]. Many feel that the skills that they have learned in their technical programs arenot being utilized on the job [7]. Traits that are in demand in industry (such as the non-technicalskills, or ―soft skills‖) often come into conflict with the actual training that engineers acquireduring their degree programs, while the math and design skills that are emphasized in schoolremain underutilized. However, when practicing engineers
Paper ID #11557DEVELOPMENT OF THE JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY UNDERGRAD-UATE ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP PROGRAMDr. Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University Dr. Kyle Gipson is an Assistant Professor at James Madison University (United States) in the Department of Engineering (Madison Engineering) and the Center for Materials Science. He has taught courses per- taining to topics for first-year engineering, materials science and engineering, engineering design, systems thinking and engineering leadership. He has a PhD in Polymer, Fiber Science from Clemson University. His research background is in the synthesis of polymer
Paper ID #16121Exploration of Hands-On/Minds-On Learning in an Active STEM OutreachProgramAimee Cloutier, Texas Tech University Aimee Cloutier is a Ph.D. student studying Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University. She earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech in 2012. Her research interests include biomechan- ics, rehabilitation engineering, prosthetic limb design, and STEM education.Dr. Jerry Dwyer, George Washington University Dr. Jerry Dwyer is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Director of the STEM Academy at George Washington University. He worked for many years in computational
: assignment, treating it similarly to working with a tutor or using reference books. This transparency approach is aimed atA. Adaptive and Personalized Learning maintaining integrity without full prohibition. Gao [24], after An adaptive learning system adjusts content based on a reviewing the impact of ChatGPT on assessment, concludesstudent’s needs. Gen AI generates customized instructional that assessment design must evolve – for example,responses and practice problems that match the learner's style incorporating more oral defenses, in-class problem-solving, orand needs [4]. For instance, an AI tutor can provide an
in student learning outcomes areachieved with an instructor’s continuous support and feedback, to help the learning process andaddress students’ misconceptions about their proficiency levels [16] - [18]. The inductive teaching approach is one of the effective student-centered pedagogies thathelps reveal students’ misconceptions and enables instructors to facilitate the misconceptions’repair and promote acquisition of new relevant knowledge [19], [20]. Prior research providesstrong empirical support for the positive impact of the inductive teaching methodology on studentlearning outcomes in the core technical skills [21] - [25]. However, there is a very limited evidenceof their role in forming student professional competencies [26
signatories haveadopted an outcomes-based accreditation model. The outcome-based accreditation modelfocuses on outputs (what students learn) rather than input (what they are taught).3Commissioned by ABET in 2002, the Center for the Study of Higher Education at PennsylvaniaState University conducted a study to determine the impact EC2000. The study, which wasconducted over a three-and-a-half-year period, resulted in several key findings: Greater emphasis is placed on professional skills and active learning; there is high level of faculty support for continuous improvement. 2004 graduates are better prepared to enter the profession than their 1994 counterparts. Graduates have gained professional skills while maintaining their
. He is currently professor of Physics and Distinguished Teaching professor, at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio where he has served as both vice president of Research and as University dean of the Graduate School. His current research, supported by the NSF, centers on the optical properties from semiconductor nanowires and the role to teaching innovations on student learning in the STEM disciplines. Before joining the University of Cincinnati, he was associated with McMaster University, and the University of Toronto, Canada. Dr. Jackson is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.Dr. Catherine Maltbie, University of Cincinnati Dr. Catherine Maltbie is a research associate at the University of
EducationAbstractResearch studies discover a number of teaching and learning methods and these methods can beused to develop student’s ability in critical thinking, logic reasoning, and problem solving.Student’s learning outcomes are greatly impacted by these teaching and learning methods. It ishypothesized that properly selected teaching and learning methods can be applied in student’slearning and knowledge development to help students with different culture backgrounds yieldbetter learning outcomes.This research study selects three teaching and learning methods for an experiment in a softwareengineering class. These methods are tightening connections between learning objectives andoutcomes, a repetitive learning model to improve student learning results, and a
the Enter-prise Program are to • provide opportunities for students and faculty to develop entrepreneurial and innovative engineering skills, • provide students with a multi-disciplinary design experience that involves other baccalau- reate programs, such as Business and the Basic Sciences, • provide a framework for faculty to mentor students in a learning setting that closely resembles an industrial or professional environment, • include learning activities that arise from the approaches used to solve real-world prob- lems provided by industrial and/or professional sponsors, • utilize the students' fundamental background in science and engineering in the context of a problem when
fromdesigning for an “average man" to a more human-centered universal design through community-based projects that emphasized the end-user and social impact. As the engineering studentpopulation grows, the need to evolve the teaching methods to represent the classroom is highlyneeded. This paper demonstrates the successes of these changes and the positive impact they hadon the students’ learning.References[1] M. J. Lee, J. D. Collins, S. A. Harwood, R. Mendenhall and M. Browne Huntt, "“If you aren’t White, Asian or Indian, you aren’t an engineer”: racial microaggressions in STEM education," International Journal of STEM Education, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 48, 2020.[2] L. V. Blackwell, L. A. Snyder and C. Mavriplis, "Diverse Faculty in STEM Fields
and Institutionalization of a College Level Initiative, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.7. Arendale, D. R., 2004, Pathways of persistence: A review of postsecondary peer cooperative learning programs, in Best practices for access and retention in higher education (Duranczyk, I. M., Higbee, J. L., Lundless, D. B. (Eds.)), Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacty (CRDEUL), University of Minnesota.8. Gafney, L., Varma-Nelson, P., 2007, “Evaluating Peer Led Team Learning: A study of Long-term effects on former workshop peer leaders”, Journal of Chemical Education, 84, pp. 535-539.9. Gosser, D. K., Cracolice, M. S., Kampmeier, J. A., Roth, V., Strozak, V. S., Varma-Nelson, P., 2001, Peer-Led Team
) – Indicates a Work in Progress Friday, April 1, 2011 (Morning)08:30 – 09:45 AM Concurrent Session Presentations Experiential Learning Jim Helbling, et al., Configuration Of Senior Capstone Course Using Team- 1 Teaching To Maximize Communication Skills And Minimize Team Conflict Mohammad Amin, et al., Investigation of a Masters Research Project for 13 Validation of Program's Goals and Student Learning Outcomes Jennifer Van Donk, et al., Developing a low cost prosthetic foot for the Vida Nueva 30 Clinic: A multidisciplinary senior design project Instrumentation & Lab Studies Ricardo Medina, et
, she has been involved in research projects to develop, refine, and apply innovative assessment tools for characterizing student knowledge of sustainability. Her ultimate goal is to use this assessment data to guide the design and evaluation of educational interventions to improve undergraduate sustainability education. In the area of bioprocessing, Dr. Watson has experience using bacteria and algae to convert waste materials into high-value products, such as biofuels.Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch Joshua Pelkey is currently a product manager at AirWatch in Atlanta, GA. He completed his MS in Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech and his BS in Computer Engineering from Clemson University. He has
and graduates highlighting her remarkable career journey. She is a published author of the book”Natural Language Processing using AWS AI services” and a reputed speaker. She has authored over 19 blogs on AI/ML and cloud technology and was recently a co-author on a research paper on CORD19 Neural Search which won an award for Best Research Paper at the prestigious AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence) conference. Mona is currently working on another book called ”Google cloud professional ML Certification” which will help students and professionals build a career in machine learning and cloud computing.Ms. Venkata Sai Naveena Bathula, SWE Sai Naveena Bathula is a highly driven Software
Program Director for the Engineering Educational Research Center (EERC) and the Institutional Co-leader for Pitt-CIRTL (Center for the Inte- gration of Research, Teaching, and Learning) at the University of Pittsburgh. April studied at Winthrop University, earning a BS degree in Chemistry and BA degree in Psychology in 2000. She then completed her PhD in 2007 at the University of Pittsburgh, studying oxidative stress in in vitro models of Parkinson’s disease. During her prior graduate and postdoctoral work in neurodegeneration, April mentored several undergraduate, graduate, and clinical researchers and developed new methods for imaging and tracking mitochondria from living zebrafish neurons. In her work for the
Paper ID #43968Leading College Engineering Competition Teams as an Informal LearningExperience ItselfDr. Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Micah Lande, PhD is an Assistant Professor and E.R. Stensaas Chair for Engineering Education in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Dr. Lande directs the Holistic Engineering Lab & Observatory. He teaches human-centered engineering design, design thinking, and design innovation courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical people learn and apply design thinking and making processes to their
serves on the Editorial Boards of Transportation Research Part B and Transportation Research Part C.Dr. Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Stephanie Cutler has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her dissertation explored faculty adoption of research-based instructional strategies in the statics classroom. Currently, Dr. Cutler works as an assessment and instructional support specialist with the Leonhard Center for the Enhance- ment of Engineering Education at Penn State. She aids in the educational assessment of faculty-led projects while also supporting instructors to improve their teaching in the classroom. Previously, Dr. Cutler worked as the research specialist with the
Murzi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Industrial Engineering (BS, MS), Master of Business Administration (MBA) and in Engineering Education (PhD). Homero has 15 years of international experience working in industry and academia. His research focuses on contemporary and inclusive pedagogical practices, industry-driven competency development in engineering, and understanding the barriers that Latinx and Native Americans have in engineering. Homero has been recognized as a Diggs scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence fellow, a Diversity scholar, a Fulbright scholar and was inducted in the Bouchet Honor Society.Dr. Natasha B. Watts
Leadership: An intentional approach to faculty leadership developmentPositive Leadership: An intentional approach to faculty leadership developmentAbstractAs Michigan Engineering (the University of Michigan College of Engineering) moved forwardafter the tumultuous pandemic years, College leaders recognized the need for concertedprofessional development in positive leadership. This evidenced-based practice paper discussesa year-long positive leadership development program for engineering faculty and staff members,which was grounded in research from the University of Michigan Center for PositiveOrganizations and a “learn-experiment-reflect” framework. The program was delivered throughsix in-person cohort sessions, self-paced learning via
valuing our efforts to provide a capstone experience that centers on fulfilling the college’sleadership initiative, includes a service component, incorporates international travel, anddemonstrates practical application. We anticipate that participation in the exchange will continueto provide students with a quick start to their careers.Now that a relationship has been established with INTEC and has proven to have significanteducational value, the memorandum of understanding between the two schools provides a formalavenue for the technology exchange to continue. Students will continue to benefit fromparticipating in similar technology exchange activities in the years to come, and avenues foradditional opportunities in academic, research, and
initiated a engineering education research project on the impact of online activities on mechanics self-efficacy and achievement.Dr. Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2003 Dr
Environmental Policy, and En- gineering Risk and Uncertainty. Her recent research is about gaseous emissions of reactive nitrogen from fertilized fields into the atmosphere and impacts on air quality and climate change.Prof. Eleftheria Kontou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Kontou joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in October 2019. She received her PhD in Civil Engineering, focusing on trans- portation systems, from the University of Florida under the advisement of Dr. Yafeng Yin. She holds a MSc from Virginia Tech in the same field. She graduated with a BSc in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. She
for students, designed todemonstrate the application of knowledge they learned across various disciplines. One of thepopular topics for engineering students, especially those specializing in aerospace engineering, isouter space exploration, like those seen in the NASA Artemis program [53], [54], [55]. Theseinitiatives offer students a practical chance to acquire firsthand experience in space explorationand research. Projects like this also motivate students due to the possibility of aiding the progressof space innovation. Instructors Students providing an ontological